Victor Vito

Product Description Victor Vito is Laurie Berker's third album, winner of five awards including "Best Recording for Toddlers" from the Children's Music Web. It's easy to see why Billboard magazine called Victor Vito "one of 1999's best kids' albums." On this recording, Laurie's acoustic guitar is joined by a variety of instruments including flute, harmonica, horns and maracas. From the lovely a cappella harmonies on "Moon " and "White Coral Bells" to a song about some very silly goldfish, to the bouncy, irresistibly catchy title track, Victor Vito is chock-full of songs that kids love and parents sneak off to listen to! Destined to become a family favorite! Songs include Victor Vito, Bottle Caps, Moon , Foggier Went A-Courting', I'm Not Perfect, The Toy Museum, O Susannah, Boots, Oleanna, The Crabs, Sneaks, The Goldfish, Zodiac, Trucks, Fruit Salad Salsa, The Story of My Feelings, I Feel Crazy So I Jump in The Soup, Shaken' Down the Sugar and more! 22 song collection. Amazon.com Laurie Berkner's Victor Vito is a 22-song giggle-fest for the under-7 crowd. Witness "The Goldfish," one of 16 originals on the former educator's third album, in which a bunch of fishies find themselves lathering up in the shower and pedaling furiously on bicycles until it dawns on them that their species doesn't do that sort of thing. And there's the title tune, which finds Victor Vito and Freddie Vasco snacking on a burrito with Tabasco and then tipping the hot stuff on their rice and beans and rutabagas and collard greens before Victor dives into a plate of spaghetti with Freddie. Loopy takes on classics like "O Susannah" round out the acoustic-guitar-driven drollery, and after both "Shakin' Down the Sugar" and an ode to feeling crazy enough to jump in the soup, the last cut, "Goodnight," is a welcome wind down. Berkner blurs the way too distinct line between goofiness and hipness with major aplomb, and this album's simple production, combined with her playful singing voice, seals the deal. Victor Vito is unwaveringly victorious in its friendly, laugh-a-minute mission. --Tammy La Gorce Review "Bound to win the hearts of music-loving kids (and parents)." -- U.S. News & World Report, January 26, 2000 "Loopy lyrics and terrific tunes . . . a surefire mood lifter." -- Working Mother, May, 2000 "The Ani Di Franco of kids' music . . . Berkner has taken children's music out o